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Police ask for help to locate Kan. attempted kidnapping suspect
FINNEY COUNTY- Law enforcement authorities are asking the public for help to locate missing attempted kidnapping suspect 30-year-old Oscar Bosquez Hernandez.
He is wanted for Non-Appearance for attempted kidnapping, criminal threat, domestic battery, and intimidation of a victim or witness, according to a media release from Garden City Police.
Hernandez is described as five-foot-11 and approximately 230 pounds. His last known address was 1160 E. Lakeview Drive, Garden City.
Anyone with information about Hernandez and his location, please contact the Finney County Sheriff’s Office at 620-272-3700 and ask for someone in the warrants division, or contact CrimeStoppers at 620-275-7807.
Free FHSU Herndon Clinic screening for hearing to be in Hoxie
FHSU University Relations
The second free hearing screening of the semester to be held in western Kansas by Fort Hays State University graduate students will be offered in Hoxie.
The screening will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Friday, Feb. 16, at the Hoxie Lodge No. 348, 840 Ninth Street, Hoxie.
“The FHSU Speech-Language Hearing Clinic is continuing into its second semester of its second year of providing hearing screenings sponsored by a grant from the Kansas Masonic Foundation,” said Marcy Beougher, speech-language pathologist and an instructor in the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders.
The grant will provide numerous opportunities for older adults in western Kansas, and in some areas of eastern Colorado and southern Nebraska, to receive important health screening services that are currently scarce or difficult to access.
“This fall we had two successful screenings in St. Francis and Ulysses,” said Beougher. “Through these community screenings hosted by active Masonic lodges, we are trying to reach individuals who likely would not have access to a free hearing screening.”
The screenings will be provided by graduate students from the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders under the supervision of an FHSU Herndon Clinic instructor.
Appointments may be scheduled ahead of time, but walk-ins will be welcomed on a first-come, first-served basis. Each site will have four stations, with each screening lasting approximately 15-20 minutes. Information about hearing loss and follow-up services available will be shared during the screenings. Free educational materials and earplugs will be provided by the Kansas Masons.
“The students are gaining excellent clinical experience as well as mandatory clinical hours from each screening,” she said. “We are grateful to the Kansas Masons for their support of this quality program.”
The final two screenings of the semester are tentatively scheduled for Greensburg and Syracuse.
To schedule an appointment for the Hoxie screening, contact Gary Shipley at 785-675-8586 or [email protected].
For more information, visit fhsu.edu/herndon-clinic/ or contact the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at 785-628-5366.
Cloudy, cold Saturday, chance of snow
A Winter weather advisory is in effect from 3PM this afternoon until 6AM Sunday morning. Snow accumulations of 2-3 inches can be expected. Snow covered roads and limited visibilities may cause travel difficulties, use caution while driving.
Today
Cloudy and cold with snow after 3pm. High near 15. Wind chill values as low as -10. North wind 11 to 14 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. Total daytime snow accumulation of less than one inch possible.
Tonight
Snow, mainly before 2am. Low around 6. Wind chill values as low as -5. North wind 7 to 11 mph becoming west after midnight. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 2 inches possible.
Sunday
Sunny, with a high near 38. Wind chill values as low as -5. West wind 6 to 8 mph.
Sunday Night
Mostly clear, with a low around 14. Wind chill values as low as 3. South wind 6 to 8 mph.
Monday
Mostly sunny, with a high near 40. Breezy, with a south southeast wind 8 to 13 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
Monday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low around 21.
Tuesday
Partly sunny, with a high near 46.
Tuesday Night
Partly cloudy, with a low around 23.
Wednesday
Sunny, with a high near 61.
Uninsured rate in Kansas continues decline
KHI
TOPEKA – The Kansas Health Institute (KHI) has released its Annual Insurance Update 2018: Health Insurance in Kansas. This publication reports the latest-available data describing insurance coverage in Kansas.
Key points from the report include:
- In 2016, there were 239,578 Kansans who were uninsured, including 36,752 children age 0-18. This translates to an uninsured rate of 8.4 percent, ranking Kansas below 30 other states, and similar to the U.S. average of 8.5 percent.
- The uninsured rate in both Kansas and the U.S. dropped by about one-third between 2009 and 2016.
- People living in states that expanded Medicaid had an uninsured rate almost half that of people living in non-expansion states (6.5 percent compared to 11.6 percent).
- Racial and ethnic minorities in Kansas were much more likely to lack insurance than non-Hispanic Whites. For instance, Kansans who are Hispanic, Any Race, were three times more likely, and non-Hispanic Blacks were two-and-a-half times more likely,
to be uninsured than non-Hispanic Whites (19.8 percent, 16.1 percent, and 6.0 percent, respectively). - Four out of ten (43.1 percent) uninsured adult Kansans had family income at or below 138 percent of the federal poverty level (FPL), and may qualify for Medicaid if expanded.
- Two-thirds (67.8 percent) of uninsured children in Kansas were in families with income below 243 percent FPL, and may have already been eligible for Medicaid or CHIP.
- Three-fourths (75.3 percent) of uninsured adult Kansans were working. Those working part-time were more than twice as likely to be uninsured as those working full-time, year-round (18.1 percent compared to 7.4 percent).
Check out the infographic, Health Insurance in Kansas 2016, for a visual depiction of how many Kansans had insurance coverage or remained uninsured.
The Annual Insurance Update 2018 uses data from the 2009 through 2016 U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) Public Use Microdata Samples (PUMS) as the primary data source. To view reports from previous years, visit this page.
The Kansas Health Institute (KHI) delivers objective information, conducts credible research, and supports civil dialogue enabling policy leaders to make informed health policy decisions that enhance their effectiveness as champions for a healthier Kansas. Established in 1995 with a multiyear grant from the Kansas Health Foundation, KHI is a nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization based in Topeka.
Kan. Supreme Court observes National Court Reporting and Captioning Week
OJA
TOPEKA — The Kansas Supreme Court issued a proclamation Wednesday recognizing February 10 through 17 as National Court Reporting and Captioning Week and encouraged all Kansans to join the state court system in its observance of the week.
“In ancient Egypt, scribes were considered the literate elite, recording laws and other important documents,” said Chief Justice Lawton Nuss. “Since that time, scribes have served as impartial witnesses to history, including when America’s founding fathers drafted the Declaration of Independence and Bill of Rights.”
Today, court reporters and captioners are present in Congress, preserving members’ words and actions, and in courtrooms nationwide.
They are also responsible for closed captioning on television, at sporting events, and in other community and educational settings, bringing information to millions of deaf and hard-of-hearing people every day.
“Court reporters and captioners, like their scribe predecessors, play an important role in capturing and preserving court proceedings and in preserving our nation’s history,” Nuss said. “They truly are guardians of the record, and I invite my fellow Kansans to join with me to recognize their important contributions.”
Danielle Murray, an official court reporter for Johnson County District Court and president of the Kansas Court Reporters Association, said she hopes the proclamation helps publicize the need for more court reporters and captioners.
“Court reporters play a vital role in our system of justice in the state of Kansas, and we are experiencing a shortage of qualified court reporters in our state,” she said. “We have many unfilled positions, and it is our hope that this week will bring awareness to the profession and help get students into our court reporting schools and eventually fill our positions.”
For more information about the organization, go to www.kcra.net.
Friday night high school basketball scoreboard
Girls
Western Athletic Conference
Hays 38 Liberal 46
Garden City 48 Great Bend 38
Nickerson 45 Dodge City 35
Mid-Continent League
TMP 53 Phillipsburg 36
Smith Center 55 Ellis 39
Oakley 13 Hill City 41
Central Prairie League
Otis-Bison 37 Ness City 28
Victoria 19 St. John 51
Central Plains 74 LaCrosse 17
Ellinwood 28 Kinsley 39
Northern Plains
*Stockton 66 Osborne 25
Wilson 51 Sylvan Lucas 21
Pike Valley 60 Natoma 48
Chase 29 St. Johns-Tipton 49
Western Kansas Liberty League
Triplains/Brewster 48 Northern Valley 79
Cheylin 22 Golden Plains 50
Palco 26 Wheatland-Grinnell 62
Central Kansas League
Larned 22 Hesston 54
Hoisington 29 Halstead 42
*Lyons 26 Haven 55
Great Western Kansas League
Hugoton 40 Colby 31
Ulysses 41 Scott 38
Goodland 39 Holcomb 51
Boys
Western Athletic Conference
Hays 68 Liberal 57
*Nickerson 66 Dodge City 84
Mid-Continent League
TMP 61 Phillipsburg 79
Oakley 33 Hill City 36
Central Prairie League
Victoria 30 St. John 66
Central Plains 62 LaCrosse 46
Northern Plains
*Stockton 40 Osborne 62
Tescott 25 Thunder Ridge 41
Pike Valley 58 Natoma 32
Western Kansas Liberty League
Triplains/Brewster 6 Northern Valley 77
Cheylin 50 Golden Plains 58
Central Kansas League
Smokey Valley 60 Pratt 36
Great Western Kansas League
Ulysses 59 Scott 69
Goodland 47 Holcomb 63
*Non-league
Friday’s Scores
By The Associated Press
BOYS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 64, Wamego 57
Andale 71, Wellington 33
Anderson County 71, Iola 57
Andover Central 63, Valley Center 35
Arkansas City 74, Andover 53
Ashland 71, Satanta 49
Augusta 59, Winfield 41
Axtell 57, Linn 53
Basehor-Linwood 61, KC Turner 43
Baxter Springs 54, Galena 51
Belle Plaine 55, Chaparral 46
Bishop Miege 65, St. James Academy 44
Blue Valley 56, BV Southwest 33
Bonner Springs 91, KC Piper 74
Buhler 55, Circle 38
Burlingame 59, Lebo 37
Burlington 79, Prairie View 36
Burrton 66, Stafford 55
BV Northwest 60, BV West 32
BV Randolph 88, Wetmore 84
Caldwell 50, Flinthills 6
Cedar Vale/Dexter 54, Argonia 38
Central Heights 52, KC Christian 47
Central Plains 62, La Crosse 46
Centralia 47, Valley Heights 41
Centre 57, Wakefield 49
Chapman 60, Concordia 54
Cheney 65, Medicine Lodge 26
Clifton-Clyde 51, Frankfort 41
Conway Springs 58, Garden Plain 46
Crest 68, Oswego 30
Dodge City 84, Nickerson 66
Douglass 62, Wichita Independent 61
Ellinwood 52, Kinsley 51, OT
Ellsworth 49, Republic County 34
Eureka 72, Bluestem 51
Garden City 51, Great Bend 38
Gardner-Edgerton 62, SM North 49
Girard 57, Independence 50
Goddard-Eisenhower 77, Goddard 50
Goessel 40, Peabody-Burns 27
Golden Plains 58, Cheylin 50
Halstead 59, Hoisington 43
Hays 68, Liberal 57
Hesston 53, Larned 39
Hiawatha 42, Atchison County 37
Hill City 36, Oakley 33
Hillsboro 50, Kingman 38
Hodgeman County 52, Kiowa County 47
Holcomb 63, Goodland 47
Hoxie 64, Dighton 63, OT
Hugoton 55, Colby 41
Humboldt 66, Fredonia 38
Hutchinson Central Christian 55, South Barber 45
Hutchinson Trinity 72, Marion 67
Inman 49, Moundridge 47
Jackson Heights 63, Oskaloosa 39
Jefferson West 48, Holton 46
Junction City 62, Shawnee Heights 55
Kapaun Mount Carmel 59, Wichita Southeast 49
KC Sumner 35, Atchison 24
KC Wyandotte 85, KC Harmon 72
Labette County 66, Fort Scott 61
Lakin 76, Elkhart 46
Lansing 62, Tonganoxie 48
Lawrence 70, SM West 48
Lawrence Free State 74, SM South 56
Lee’s Summit Community Christian, Mo. 66, Heritage Christian 27
Lyndon 81, Hartford 56
Maize 53, Hutchinson 38
Manhattan 62, Emporia 61
McPherson 71, El Dorado 32
Meade 73, Minneola 26
Mill Valley 72, St. Thomas Aquinas 60
Nemaha Central 67, Royal Valley 42
Ness City 81, Otis-Bison 50
Newton 68, Derby 65
Northern Valley 77, Triplains-Brewster 6
Nowata, Okla. 62, Caney Valley 58
Olathe East 71, SM East 60
Olathe North 56, Olathe West 52
Olathe Northwest 50, Olathe South 27
Olpe 49, Osage City 40
Osborne 62, Stockton 40
Ottawa 49, Louisburg 39
Paola 55, DeSoto 41
Parsons 69, Coffeyville 53
Perry-Lecompton 61, Riverside 12
Phillipsburg 79, Hays-TMP-Marian 61
Pike Valley 58, Natoma 32
Pittsburg 75, Chanute 59
Pittsburg Colgan 48, Frontenac 45
Pleasant Ridge 39, McLouth 35
Pleasanton 58, Uniontown 46
Pretty Prairie 69, Fairfield 42
Remington 58, Ell-Saline 46
Riley County 50, Wabaunsee 45
Riverton 57, Southeast 50
Rock Hills 58, Lincoln 33
Rose Hill 86, Mulvane 71
Salina Sacred Heart 75, Council Grove 45
Salina South 44, Wichita Campus 42
Santa Fe Trail 76, Osawatomie 59
Scott City 69, Ulysses 59
Sedan 67, Udall 43
Sedgwick 67, Bennington 43
Silver Lake 63, Rossville 58
SM Northwest 56, Leavenworth 55, OT
Smoky Valley 60, Pratt 36
Solomon 57, Elyria Christian 45
South Central 63, Pawnee Heights 40
South Gray 58, Southwestern Hts. 31
Southeast Saline 54, Minneapolis 51
Spring Hill 40, Eudora 33
St. John 66, Victoria 30
St. John’s Military 52, Flint Hills Christian 46
St. Paul 69, Altoona-Midway 28
Sterling 65, Berean Academy 51
Syracuse 60, Sublette 27
Thunder Ridge 41, Tescott 25
Topeka 67, Topeka Seaman 63
Topeka Hayden 69, Washburn Rural 58
Topeka West 59, Highland Park 52
Veritas Christian 44, Bishop Seabury Academy 8
Wellsville 66, West Franklin 39
Wichita Bishop Carroll 53, Wichita South 41
Wichita East 68, Wichita West 43
Wichita Heights 78, Wichita North 57
Yates Center 79, Erie 57
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Weskan vs. Logan, ccd.
Norton vs. Plainville, ppd.
Beloit vs. Russell, ppd. to Feb 19.
GIRLS’ BASKETBALL
Abilene 46, Wamego 35
Andale 55, Wellington 42
Andover 58, Arkansas City 48
Andover Central 44, Valley Center 33
Atchison County 42, Hiawatha 26
Augusta 38, Winfield 32
Axtell 65, Linn 27
Bishop Miege 52, St. James Academy 31
Blue Valley 54, BV Southwest 52
BV Randolph 47, Wetmore 44
Caldwell 44, Flinthills 33
Central Plains 74, La Crosse 17
Centralia 78, Valley Heights 56
Chapman 50, Concordia 34
Cheney 54, Medicine Lodge 31
Cimarron 56, Stanton County 26
Circle 64, Buhler 36
Clay Center 44, Marysville 42, OT
Clifton-Clyde 50, Frankfort 46
Conway Springs 42, Garden Plain 38
Council Grove 54, Salina Sacred Heart 47
Crest 44, Oswego 31
Cunningham 42, Pratt Skyline 24
Derby 35, Newton 32
Elkhart 54, Lakin 38
Elyria Christian 36, Solomon 24
Eureka 68, Bluestem 63
Fairfield 50, Pretty Prairie 28
Fort Scott 49, Labette County 46, OT
Fredonia 46, Humboldt 40
Frontenac 67, Pittsburg Colgan 56
Galena 57, Baxter Springs 44
Garden City 48, Great Bend 38
Gardner-Edgerton 42, SM North 40
Goddard 48, Goddard-Eisenhower 40
Goessel 84, Peabody-Burns 13
Golden Plains 50, Cheylin 22
Greeley County 61, Deerfield 42
Halstead 42, Hoisington 29
Hartford 61, Lyndon 51
Haven 55, Lyons 26
Hays-TMP-Marian 53, Phillipsburg 36
Hesston 54, Larned 22
Highland Park 38, Topeka West 27
Hill City 41, Oakley 13
Holcomb 51, Goodland 39
Hoxie 45, Dighton 23
Hugoton 40, Colby 31
Independence 45, Girard 42
Iola 48, Anderson County 31
Jackson Heights 61, Oskaloosa 50
Jefferson West 37, Holton 28
Junction City 63, Shawnee Heights 52
Kapaun Mount Carmel 50, Wichita Southeast 36
KC Piper 62, Bonner Springs 28
KC Schlagle 73, KC Washington 33
KC Sumner 63, Atchison 43
Kingman 55, Hillsboro 30
Kinsley 39, Ellinwood 28
Kiowa County 61, Hodgeman County 36
Lansing 43, Tonganoxie 27
Lebo 58, Burlingame 42
Lee’s Summit Community Christian, Mo. 52, Heritage Christian 40
Liberal 46, Hays 38
Lincoln 40, Rock Hills 34
Little River 43, Rural Vista 37
Louisburg 48, Ottawa 44
Maize 51, Hutchinson 29
Manhattan 57, Emporia 43
Marion 58, Hutchinson Trinity 50
McPherson 81, El Dorado 18
Meade 43, Minneola 36
Moundridge 49, Inman 41
Nemaha Central 54, Royal Valley 43
Neodesha 58, Northeast-Arma 43
Nickerson 45, Dodge City 35
Northern Valley 79, Triplains-Brewster 48
Olathe East 60, SM East 22
Olathe North 49, Olathe West 46
Olathe South 54, Olathe Northwest 51, OT
Olpe 72, Osage City 34
Otis-Bison 37, Ness City 28
Paola 42, DeSoto 39
Parsons 64, Coffeyville 35
Perry-Lecompton 41, Riverside 38
Pike Valley 60, Natoma 48
Pittsburg 46, Chanute 39
Pleasant Ridge 49, McLouth 40
Pleasanton 39, Uniontown 29
Pratt 47, Smoky Valley 36
Quinter 34, Rawlins County 28
Remington 59, Ell-Saline 44
Rose Hill 48, Mulvane 23
Salina South 57, Wichita Campus 34
Santa Fe Trail 66, Osawatomie 42
Satanta 58, Ashland 56
Sedan 39, Udall 35
Sedgwick 42, Bennington 29
Shawnee Mission Christian 52, Topeka Heritage Christian 40
Silver Lake 58, Rossville 50
SM Northwest 40, Leavenworth 39
SM South 51, Lawrence Free State 41
SM West 46, Lawrence 44, OT
Smith Center 55, Ellis 39
South Barber 36, Hutchinson Central Christian 34
South Central 64, Pawnee Heights 30
Southeast 47, Riverton 39
Southeast Saline 36, Minneapolis 23
Spring Hill 51, Eudora 32
St. John 51, Victoria 19
St. John’s Beloit-Tipton 49, Chase 29
St. Mary’s 50, Rock Creek 40, OT
St. Paul 61, Altoona-Midway 6
St. Thomas Aquinas 47, Mill Valley 36
Stafford 45, Burrton 29
Sterling 54, Berean Academy 29
Stockton 66, Osborne 25
Sublette 41, Syracuse 39
Thunder Ridge 50, Tescott 14
Topeka Seaman 43, Topeka 42
Ulysses 41, Scott City 38
Valley Falls 36, Jefferson North 28
Washburn Rural 47, Topeka Hayden 24
Wellsville 72, West Franklin 32
West Elk 46, Oxford 16
Wheatland-Grinnell 62, Palco 26
Wichita Collegiate 55, Clearwater 24
Wichita East 50, Wichita West 18
Wichita Heights 62, Wichita North 21
Wichita Independent 38, Douglass 25
Wichita South 57, Wichita Bishop Carroll 46
Wilson 51, Sylvan-Lucas 21
Yates Center 52, Erie 42
POSTPONEMENTS AND CANCELLATIONS
Beloit vs. Russell, ppd. to Feb 19.
Logan vs. Weskan, ccd.
TMP/Phillipsburg Basketball
By JEREMY McGUIRE
Hays Post
Girls: TMP 53, Phillipsburg 36
PHILLIPSBURG, Kan.-TMP and Phillipsburg opened up with a sluggish offensive first quarter with the Lady Monarchs leading 9-7 after the first. TMP would get the offense going in the second quarter as they outscored the Lady Panthers 20-4 to take a 29-11 halftime lead. The story of the half was the TMP defense as they forced 14 first half turnovers.
The two teams played a far even second half with TMP coming out on top 53-36. Phillipsburg drops to 5-11 on the season and 2-6 in the Mid Continent League. The Lady Monarchs improve to 14-2 overall and 7-0 in the MCL. Ashley Babcock and Kylie Soliday led the Lady Panthers with seven points apiece. TMP was led by Aubrey Koenigsman with 16 and Jillian Lowe with 10.
TMP will host Great Bend on Tuesday night, their first home game since January 16th.
ROSE MCFARLAND INTERVIEW
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Boys: Phillipsburg 79, TMP 61
PHILLIPSBURG, Kan.-Phillipsburg used an early 12-0 run and pushed their lead to 15-7 after the first quarter. The Panthers continued their run in second quarter and led 27-9 midway through the quarter. That is when TMP woke up. The Monarchs would go on a run of their own to make it a game. TMP used an 18-4 spurt at the end of the second quarter to pull within four points at 31-27 at the half.
TMP would cut the the Panther’ lead to two points early in the third quarter but that would be as close as the Monarchs would get. Phillipsburg would outscore TMP 25-12 the rest of the quarter to take control of the game. The Panthers would control much of the fourth quarter and picked up the 79-61 win.
Phillipsburg improves to 16-1 on the year and 8-0 in the Mid Continent League. TMP drops to 11-5 and 6-1 in the MCL. TMP will host Great Bend on Tuesday night in Hays.
JOE HERTEL INTERVIEW
GAME HIGHLIGHTS
Kansas Legislature updates sexual harassment policy
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Top leaders updated the Kansas Legislature’s policy against sexual harassment on Friday without requiring an outside review of complaints or altering their longstanding approach of having them handled as privately as possible.
The revised policy approved by the top seven legislative leaders is more specific about how allegations of misconduct will be handled, particularly from legislative interns. It specifically says lawmakers identified in “well-founded” complaints could face formal — and public — discipline in the House and Senate, such as censure.
But the revised policy stops short of mandating annual sexual harassment training for legislators and their staff, and complaints still will be handled by legislative leaders or the Legislature’s director of administrative services. It still says complaints will be “handled as discreetly as possible.”
Leaders from both parties said they will keep working with the Women’s Foundation, a Kansas City, Missouri-based nonprofit that promotes gender equity and that further updates are possible. They said they wanted to make some improvements quickly; the previous policy had not been updated since 1994.
“It’s not the final product, but this a step in the right direction,” said Senate President Susan Wagle, a Wichita Republican.
Legislative leaders initiated their review of the policy after the ex-chief of staff for a former Democratic legislative leader said publicly in October that an unnamed lawmaker once asked her for sex in 2015 and described harassment as “rampant.” She said female college interns regularly served as after-hours designated drivers for intoxicated lawmakers in 2016.
Her statements came amid a national wave of misconduct allegations against prominent figures in multiple industries. Legislators in at least nine other states have been forced to step down during the past seven months.
Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer issued an executive order Monday mandating annual sexual harassment training for roughly 20,000 executive branch employees under his control. He sent a letter Friday to the state’s elected attorney general, secretary of state, state treasurer and insurance commissioner, urging them to adopt similar policies.
But Kansas House Minority Leader Jim Ward, a Wichita Democrat, said the Legislature’s new policy is not strong enough, partly because it lacks an outside review of complaints.
“We need independent folks that are trained in this area,” Ward said.
Other legislative leaders said setting up an independent review — and figuring out how to pay for it — will take time.
Also, legislative leaders view their director of administrative services as nonpartisan and independent, even though they hire him. Senate Minority Leader Anthony Hensley, a Topeka Democrat, said in the past, the director has acted as a “disciplinarian” to enforce leaders’ administrative policies.
The Legislature’s new policy requires sexual harassment training for legislative employees at least once every two years. Top lawmakers have said they can’t mandate training for legislators because they are elected, but the policy calls for it to be made available. The old policy did not require training.
“It’s far better than what we’ve had,” Hensley said.
Deputies arrested Kansas man for Tuesday night robbery
SHAWNEE COUNTY— Law enforcement are investigating a robbery and have made an arrest.
Just before 9p.m. Tuesday, deputies received a call of a robbery at the Viking BP, 4700 NW Hunters Ridge in Topek
a, according to Sgt. Todd Staulbaumer.
Upon arrival deputies were told a white male, approximately 6-foot1, thin build, early 20’s, dressed in black with his face covered, entered the store and demanded money.
No weapon was displayed. The subject left the store and fled to the northeast. A K-9 officer checked the area but lost the trail in the Hunters Ridge Apartment Complex parking lot.
Shawnee County detectives were able to develop a suspect through the course of the investigation. On Friday, deputies booked Mason J. Wages, 21, Topeka, into the Shawnee County Dept. of Corrections for Robbery.
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SHAWNEE COUNTY — Law enforcement are investigating a robbery and asking for help to identify a suspect.
Just before 9p.m. Tuesday, deputies received a call of a robbery at the Viking BP, 4700 NW Hunters Ridge in Topeka, according to Sgt. Todd Staulbaumer.
Upon arrival deputies were told a white male, approximately 6-foot1, thin build, early 20’s, dressed in black with his face covered, entered the store and demanded money.
No weapon was displayed. The subject left the store and fled to the northeast. A K-9 officer checked the area but lost the trail in the Hunters Ridge Apartment Complex parking lot.
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 785-234-0007 or Detective Kevin Kasl 785-251-2248
Youth camp for muscular dystrophy moves from Kansas
LINWOOD, Kan. (AP) — A summer camp for children with muscular dystrophy is moving from Kansas to Missouri, causing confusion for families on both sides of the state line.
The Muscular Dystrophy Association announced Feb. 1 it’s merging its annual camps in Linwood, Kansas, and its camp in Springfield, Missouri. The new regional camp will now be held at Camp Barnabas, a Christian ministry at Teas Trail near Purdy, Missouri.
Families, campers and camp counselors in both states have expressed sadness and confusion about the decision. Those in the Kansas City area are now faced with extra fees, longer travel distances, uncertainty about long-term camper-counselor relationships and questions about the new venue’s religious mission.
The association says it’s looking to improve the camping experience for its families nationwide.
Hays High at Liberal (Watch or Listen LIVE)
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Otis-Bison at Ness City (Watch or Listen LIVE)
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